John Walker (Virginia)

John Walker (13 February 1744-2 December 1809) was a US Senator from Virginia from 31 March to 9 November 1790, succeeding William Grayson and preceding James Monroe. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
John Walker was born in Cobham, Virginia in 1744, and he befriended Thomas Jefferson while they studied at the College of William and Mary. In 1774, he was elected to the House of Burgesses, and he served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; he served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington in 1777. In 1780, he was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and he was appointed to finish William Grayson's term in the US Senate in 1790. He died in 1809.